JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION, cilt.15, sa.4, ss.236-239, 2021 (ESCI)
Objective: With the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2, a new coronavirus, around the world, a pandemic was declared by World Health Organization on March 2020. The first cases were reported in March 2020 from Turkey. In our hospital, the first pediatric case was detected on April 2, 2020. However, there is no data on whether this virus had been present in our region or not before this date. The aim of our study was to determine the first entry of SARS-CoV-2 virus to our region for pediatric patients.